Grand Opening
Glen Couts
InSEA President (2019-21)
I have attended and presented keynotes and other work at many regional and world conferences. In addition, I have been fundamental in the organization of conferences and congresses both nationally and internationally. For example, I was co-chair of the InSEA European Congress held in Rovaniemi in 2010 and the World Summit of the World Alliance for Arts Education in Finland in 2012. I have been a member of InSEA since 1996 and during that time I have been:
• Elected European Councilor twice;
• Principal editor of the International Journal of Education through Art 2010-16;
• Vice President of the Company 2014-17; Secretary 2017-19;
• One of the three Principal Editors of IMAG (VISUAL Magazine of ART education of the Society) 2016-19;
• Chairman of various InSEA working groups, for example the Research, Praxis and Publications groups.
I am currently serving as president of the Publications Board.
Patsey Bodkin
InSEA Secretary (2019-21)
Dr. Patsey Bodkin is Professor of Arts Education at the School of Education at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in Dublin, Ireland, where she has been a faculty member since 2007. Before joining the School of Education, she worked as a high school Art teacher for 20 years, teaching Art, Crafts and Design and Art History and Appreciation.
He completed his Ed.D. at Dublin City University, his M.Ed. at University College Dublin and his undergraduate studies at NCAD. He has a postgraduate degree in Education Studies and the History of European Painting. Patsey was President of the Art Teachers Association of Ireland (ATAI) from 1999 to 2001 and is still active in the association. His specializations are in the areas of Initial Teacher Training and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of teachers. She is the coordinator of the Joint Bachelor of Education and Design or Fine Arts program at NCAD.
Samia Elsheikh
Vice-Presidenta de InSEA (2017-21)
I started working in InSea since 2014 as a councilor for the Africa and Middle East region, at this time InSea began to have more members from my region, more participants in InSea conferences and congresses. I promoted InSea within my region and made it visible, assisted with my colleagues in launching the organization “AmSea” Africa and Middle East for Education through the Arts in Cairo, April 2013, starting with 83 members of the region. In 2014 I was elected as one of the two vice presidents and I worked more to promote inSea in the different countries concentrating on the areas that have fewer inSea members. I presented ARTGILA123 exhibition in Cairo and created a poster and recorded the event. I co-edited Imag, InSea's online magazine as an Africa and Middle East issue. I started the Peace patchwork project in Africa and the Middle East and we assembled the first big piece at the InSea regional conference in Cairo 2018 with a cooperation with NEPAD. Now, I am organizing the WAAE conference in Egypt to bring together all the world arts organizations for the first time in Africa and Egypt.
Steve Willis
Vice-Presidente de InSEA (2017-21)
Steve Willis taught art in public schools for 23 years before joining the faculty at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, USA, where he is a professor. Her research interests are indigenous knowledge, equity issues, Native American practices, tribal cultural construction, arts assessment topics, service learning, community participation, and spirituality in art. He has served as a consultant for various schools, school districts, and community arts organizations; He has presented at national and international conferences; and has published in national and international magazines and has served on various editorial boards. Steve is currently one of the two Vice Presidents of InSEA (2017-2021).
As a contemporary artist, he creates images about spirituality (http://night4hawk.wixsite.com/stevewillis).
María Dolores Marín Torres
Mayor of Baeza
Born in Madrid on July 11, 1977, she is a career civil servant in the education body of the Junta de Andalucía as a teacher of Infant and Primary Education with a position in the town of Navas de San Juan.
She is currently Mayor and President of the Baeza City Council, for the second term, obtaining an absolute majority in the last elections of May 26, 2019.
She was a councilor, in the opposition, of the City Council of Baeza from 2003 to 2007. From 2007 to 2011 she would go on to occupy the department of Education, Culture and Festivities and in the following term (2011-2015) she was First Deputy Mayor, where she would occupy the delegation of the Presidency, Urban Planning, Housing and Heritage.
Since June 2015 she is Mayor - President of the Baeza City Council and head of the Provincial Absenteeism Commission of Jaén of the Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces of Andalusia.
Maria Angeles Peinado Herreros
Headquarters Director Antonio Machado de Baeza
María Ángeles Peinado Herreros is Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Jaén. In 1975 he obtained his degree in Biology from the University of Granada, where he began his academic career as a Cell Biology Assistant
She is a reviewer for numerous international journals and an evaluator for the main National Agencies. He has participated in 10 teaching innovation projects and in the creation of multimedia teaching material, as well as an online Histological Atlas ( http://www.ujaen.es/investiga/atlas/ ). She participates in numerous Scientific Foundations (FIBAO; PCT Geolit…) and Technological Centers, has been President of the Doctoral, R & D & I and Ethics Commissions of the University of Jaén. Academic of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Andalusia, since 2017 she is in charge of the direction with the rank of Vice-Rector of the Antonio Machado Headquarters of the International University of Andalusia.
Rosa Martínez Cózar
Councilor for Culture and Education of the Baeza Council
Degree in Music History and Sciences from the University of Logroño, Master's Degree in Research in Art, Music and Aesthetic Education, from the University of Jaén, Master's Degree in Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Professional Training and Language Teaching, by the University of Jaén, Diploma in Music Education Teaching from the University of Jaén and practicing as such, pianist, and councilor for culture and education of the Baeza City Council since 2019. She works for a globalized culture that includes the maximum possible arts and is focused on the widest possible audience, of diverse ages. It is about seeking contemporary cultural activities that open our city to new artistic horizons, without forgetting those that already have their roots and tradition in Baeza, revaluing what is ours, our culture and our wonderful heritage of humanity. Despite the pandemic, there has always been a commitment to a safe culture in Baeza, with the appropriate measures, and without being willing to dispense with this valuable need of society.
María Isabel Moreno Montoro
Congress President
Doctora en Bellas Artes por la Universidad de Sevilla, Profesora de Educación Artística y Visual en la Universidad de Jaén. Sus principales líneas de investigación se articulan en torno a la creación en las prácticas artísticas intermedia, el desarrollo del conocimiento estético y el aprendizaje artístico en contextos formales y no formales de educación, así como también la acción y la educación artística en el ámbito social. Lo que más le gusta de su trabajo es la relación con la gente.